USPTO Patents Application 08873597

B United States Patent and Trademark Office

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria. Virginia 223 13- 1450
www.usplo.gnv

APPUCATION NO.

FILING DATE

FIRST NAMED INVENTOR

ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.

CONFIRMATION NO.

08/873,597

06/12/1997

JON FAIZ KAYYEM

7590 1 1/29/2004

ROBIN M SILVA

FLEHR HOHBACH TEST ALBRITTON & HERBERT
FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER
SUITE 3400

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 941114187

A-64558-1/RF

2066

EXAMINER

ART UNIT

PAPER NUMBER

DATE MAILED: 11/29/2004

Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.

PTO-90C (Rev. 10/03)

Commissioner for Patents
United States Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1 4so
www.uspto.gov

Notice of Non-Compliant Amendment (37 CFR 1.121)

The amendment document filed on //-ZZ-^^ is considered non-compliant because it has failed to meet the requirements of
37 CFR 1.121. In order for the amendment document to be compliant, correction of the following item(s) is required. Only the
corrected section of the non-compliant amendment document must be resubmitted (in its entirety), e.g., the entire
"Amendments to the claims" section of applicant's amendment document must be re-submitted. 37 CFR 1.121(h).

THE FOLLOWING CHECKED (X) ITEM(S) CAUSE THE AMENDMENT DOCUMENT TO BE NON-COMPLIANT:
Q L Amendments to the specification:

□ A. Amended paragraph(s) do not include markings.

□ B. New paragraph(s) should not be underlined.

□ C Other

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□ 2. Abstract:

□ A. Not presented on a separate sheet. 37 CFR 1.72.

□ B. Other

□ 3. Amendments to the drawings:

4. Amendments to the claims:

□ A. A complete listing of all of the claims is not present.

D B. The listing of claims does not include the text of all pending claims (including withdrawn claims)

C. Each claim has not been provided with the proper status identifier, and as such, the individual status of each
claim cannot be identified. Note: the status of every claim must be indicated after its claim number by using
one of the following 7 status identifiers: (Original), (Currently amended), (Canceled), (Withdrawn), (Previously
presented), (New) and (Not entered).

D D. The claims of this amendment paper have not been presented in ascending numerical order.

For further explanation of the amendment format required by 37 CFR 1. 121, see MPEP Sec. 714 and the USPTO website at

http:/Avww. uspto. gov/ web/office s /pac/da pp/opla/preoeaotice/office flyer, pdf .

If the non-compliant amendment is a PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT, applicant is given ONE MONTH from the mail date of
this letter to supply the corrected section which complies with 37 CFR 1. 121. Failure to comply with 37 CFR 1.121 will result in
non-entry of the preliminary amendment and examination on the merits will commence without consideration of the proposed
changes in the preliminary amendmcnt(s). This notice is not an action under 35 U.S.C. 132, and this ONE MONTH time limit
is not extendable.

If the non-compliant amendment is a reply to a NON-FINAL OFFICE ACTION (including a submission for an RCE), and
since the amendment appears to be a bona fide attempt to be a reply (37 CFR 1.135(c)), applicant is given a TIME PERIOD of
ONE MONTH from the mailing of this notice within which to re-submit the corrected section which complies with 37 CFR 1.121
in order to avoid abandonment EXTENSIONS OF THIS TIME PERIOD ARE AVAILABLE UNDER 37 CFR 1.136(a).

If the amendment is a reply to a FINAL REJECTION, this form may be an attachment to an Advisory Action. The period for
response to a final rejection continues to run from the date set in the final rejection , and is not affected by the non-compliant
status of the amendment

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Rev. 6/04